CVEvulnerability
CVE-2002-0794
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2002-08-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
The accept_filter mechanism in FreeBSD 4 through 4.5 does not properly remove entries from the incomplete listen queue when adding a syncache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network service availability) via a large number of connection attempts, which fills the queue.
Affected configurations
• freebsd freebsd 4.5
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2002-05/0349.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9209.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/5081 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4879 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2002-05/0349.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9209.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/5081 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4879 Patch, Vendor Advisory